The way they lived then.

The Way We Lived Then: The Legal Profession and the 19th-Century Novel*

This article contributes to the use of the novel as an interpretive resource in legal and social history. It focuses on an issue which appears to have been neglected amid the rich skeins of recent debate. Particularly in relation to criminal defence, from the debate in the run-up to the advent of general legal representation in the Prisoners’ Counsel Act 1836 through to James Fitzjames Stephen’...

Ecology. Oh the locusts sang, then they dropped dead.

And they lived happily ever after.

When I was a little girl, my favorite stories were fairy tales. There was always a beautiful and bright princess who managed to get herself into some difficulty. But no matter how dire her circumstances, Prince Charming came along and gave her a kiss or put the slipper on her foot and rescued her just in the nick of time. We all know how the story ended: and they lived happily ever after. Somet...

Michael Sixt: Love the way they move

A cell's job description is reflected in both its physical form and its behavior. For example , fibroblasts and epithelial cells need to stick tightly to each other to hold tissues together. So they tend to spread out, hold tightly to surfaces, and move about only slowly. Leukocytes, on the other hand, need to move about a lot and cover large distances as they patrol the body for signs of infec...

Social Capital Companion: Capturing Personal Networks as They are Lived

Personal networks are complex variables characterizing the social resources and constraints of individuals and can be used to explain outcome such as behaviour, health, or job performance. Collecting qualitatively rich personal network data, however, is costly and difficulties increase if longitudinal data is needed. In this paper we identify requirements that collected personal network data sh...